West Point cadet makes pregnant girlfriend a prenatal protein shake. She wakes up bleeding and realizes what he allegedly put in it
Caleb Suh pleaded guilty this past June to assaulting a fellow West Point cadet, then his pregnant girlfriend. The woman has now sued him in a New York court, according to the Associated Press. Her lawsuit centers on Suh drugging her in March 2022 and giving her abortion pills against her will.
The legal documents show that the victim wanted to keep her baby, but Suh did not. He admitted to the judge that he impersonated the woman to open an account with an online pharmacy to order abortion medication. He also obtained Xanax from a friend to use as a sedative.
Suh told the judge he tricked his girlfriend into drinking what she thought was a prenatal protein shake that contained the sedative. After she fell asleep, he administered the abortion pills to her orally and vaginally.
The lawsuit says he went back to the pharmacy site while she was in the hospital
The victim eventually woke up to find she was bleeding and realized something was wrong. According to the lawsuit, Suh left her alone and ignored her attempts to contact him. She called 911 and required hospitalization.
The lawsuit claims that while the victim was receiving medical care, Suh returned to the online pharmacy website to ask whether doctors could detect the pills. “She’s suffered a life-changing event that she is still dealing with and will be dealing with for the rest of her life,” her lawyer, Russell Kornblith, said.
According to a federal prosecutor, Suh described the miscarriage as an accident when he spoke to a West Point investigator and denied ordering the abortion medication. It remains unclear what discipline, if any, Suh faced at the academy, as West Point did not share the outcome of its investigation.
Caleb Suh later transferred to Cornell, which faces criticism over a fraternity rape lawsuit accusing it of doing too little after a student’s report. Cornell said Suh answered “no” when its application asked whether he had been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at a previous school, and that West Point reported him in good academic standing.
After graduating from Cornell this year, Caleb Suh began a master’s program at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. A person familiar with the matter said Mailman does not ask applicants about criminal records, though it asks about previous student conduct violations. However, Suh reportedly did not mention any disciplinary proceedings in his application.
The woman, who filed under the alias Jane Doe, is seeking unspecified damages. In June, Caleb Suh told the court he was “deeply and immeasurably sorry for my actions and the pain that I have caused.”
Federal law caps the assault charge he admitted to at five years in prison
Suh pleaded guilty to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a dating partner, per Fox News. The statute covers assault in areas under federal jurisdiction and carries a maximum of five years in prison, according to the U.S. Code.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists classifies forcing someone to end a pregnancy against her will as reproductive coercion, per The Hospitalist. A Texas woman has made similar allegations in a lawsuit against a Marine she accuses of lacing her drink with abortion pills.
Caleb Suh’s sentencing is set for January, as his lawyer asked for time to let him finish his semester at Columbia, and prosecutors did not oppose the delay.
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